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We have finally had some rain in Lincolnshire and the vegetables in the
garden have flourished.
There is
something magic in rainwater that plants just love.
I picked some broad beans for supper, they
only needed boiling for three minutes and were delicious.
Broad beans in the foreground with lettuce, spring onions, spinach and beetroot. Courgettes, giant garlic and potatoes on the far side.
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The peony bush wasn’t so happy with the rain; next year I must remember to
get a higher support to stop the stems from breaking.
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I’ve just been watching the Sewing Bee.
It focussed on women’s clothes from the eighties.
Power suits and shoulder pads.
Cocktail dresses with bows, frills and
peplums.
Yup, I remember them well.
I must dig out some old photos. Nowadays it’s just jeans and t-shirts for me.
Our best man was from Tetney.Is it anywhere near you?We did get married in 1966!!!!My husband stayed in Tetney during his university summer holiday and they both worked on the pea harvest.That is how he could afford an engagement ring.
ReplyDeleteAbout 24 miles away, the other side of the Wolds.
DeleteI'm really not interested in clothes at all, but I do find the sewing programme fascinating. I suppose it gives us all the opportunity to be critics (which we all enjoy).
ReplyDeletePaul likes to watch it too. I love watching people create things.
DeleteThat's a very neat and well-ordered vegetable patch.
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember the 80's fashions too! I've enjoyed making clothes in the past, but don't enjoy the programme, for some reason. It's the same with the pottery programme. I loved pottery, but find the programme irritating. I think it's the fact that the judges make the presentation too much like Bake-Off!
I think the earlier programmes were better. I'm not keen on the current presenter and the judges are trying a bit too hard to be funny.
DeleteDallas! I remember everything at the time had shoulder pads, blouses, dresses, jackets, even cardigans. I feel the same way as you and Coppa about Sewing Bee, I have tried but it isn't for me.
ReplyDeleteThe good thing about shoulder pads is that they make your waist and hips look slimmer!
DeleteSo neat, tidy and productive! It looks wonderful. My plot is full of weeds after all that rain.
ReplyDeleteI loved the '80s - big shoulder pads and big hair, high heels. I enjoy Sewing Bee and would happily have worn some of those outfits, back in the day.
Paul does the hard work, I do the harvesting!
DeleteI was sad to see Therese go. I know her first day was a disaster but I thought her eighties dress was lovely - far superior to most of the others and so beautifully done. But then, I am not there to witness the finer points.
ReplyDeleteI adore tiny freshly picked broad beans. Yum, yum.
She produced some lovely dresses, it was a shame she didn't manage to finish the jacket.
DeleteImpressive vegetable growing. You have got Mellors well-trained milady.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, he is progressing nicely.
DeleteWow, your garden looks fabulous. My green and yellow beans are just peeking through. Mind you I only planted them a week ago. Loved the clothes in the 80's, big shoulders and high high heels! Know it's tops, jeans and runners-height of fashion,lol.
ReplyDeleteI definitely opt for comfort these days. I don't think I could even walk in high heels these days.
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